In 2013, seven Applied Math faculty members received support from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI). This federal government funding helps pay for equipment, building additions and other infrastructure associated with research.
Recent research of Applied Math Professor Chris Bauch shows that societal pressures about vaccination affect whether parents have their children vaccinated, and hence on the spread of disease.
More detail can be found on the Waterloo News Website.
From left to right: Mia Van De Vondervoot, Sue Ann Campbell (Applied Mathematics Chair), Kay Wentzell, Alexander Stubbs, Paul Bendevis.
Melanie Chanona, an undergraduate student in the Mathematical Physics program, was selected the winner of the Faculty of Mathematics Work Report Award for Spring 2013.
The title of her report is "Boson Stars and Black Holes in 2+1 Dimensions". Melanie spent her work term doing research with Prof. Robert Mann of the Physics Department, who is cross-appointed to the Applied Mathematics Department.
Dr. Josef Paldus, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Applied Mathematics, has been elected to Fellowship in the American Physical Society (APS). The citation for his election reads as follows:
"For the development of theoretical and methodological aspects of atomic and molecular electronic structure, primarily of the unitary group and coupled cluster approaches to the many-electron correlation problem, and their exploitation in computational quantum chemistry and chemical physics."
Seven of our graduate students were awarded degrees at Spring Convocation:
- Martin Fuhry (MMath)
- Jonathan Murley (MMath)
- Janelle Resch (MMath)
- Boglarka Soos (MMath)
- Killian Miller (PhD)
- Ruibin Qin (PhD)
- Rahul Rahul (PhD)
Applied Mathematics Professor and Canada Research Chair Achim Kempf recently published work which develops new tools that may help unify quantum theory and the theory of general relativity. The tools involve calculating the shape of an object just from its sound. Theoretically this could be used to determine the shape of spacetime from the ringing caused by quantum fluctuations. More detail can be found here: https://uwaterloo.ca/news/quantum-sounds-could-reveal-shape-universe.